The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-07-16
Yhe .Es1fy CosTsopozfaaRt.
The July COSMOPOLITAN is the first

lul magazine published in New York
city. Since its removal from 10
chester, it has been greatly enlarged
and improved in eve~y way. Its
handsome cover, designed 10y Stan
ford White, is certain to attract at
tention. Its beautiful illustrations
and great variety oil interesting and
valuable articles by prominent wrl'
tiers make it the best and cheapest
magazine published. 1t opens with
a handsomely illustrated article by
Louise Chandler Moulton, entitled
"A Lazy Tour in Spain" The
frontispicce, I'm a Madrid Cafe"
engraved by Velten, is beautiful.
Monte Carlo: Its Games and Game.
%sters," by Charles G. Welman, is
another handsomely illustrated arti-
Gle that is certain to attract atten-
ton, being a full and picturesque
descriptions of the most famous
gambling resort in the world. E. W..
Kemble's illustrations accompanying
Mrs. Angelina Teals story, "a
Hoosier Capulct," are full OF quaint
humor. The fac-simile signatures
accompanying Frank G. Carpenters
article on Royal Signatures"
possess much interest. E. ?. Roe's
article on MY First Novel" Civ
ing an account OF how he came to
write barriers Burned Away"
will be read by the thousands Of
admirers of this popular writer.
How to Live a Hundred Years"
by Richard \. Proctor, demonstrates
the fact that three score and ten is
not the natural limit of human life.
;. Joel BeDton's "reminiscences OF
, Horace Greeley" with a iue por'
traitb Jacques Reich, isvaluable and
interesting. Geo. Parsons Lathrop's
Two Sides Of q Story" is the best
short story that he ever wrote, while
the "Tamara of St. Petersburg i;
d powerful Russian story. The
! Young Folks" department contains
several articles OF interest to the
younger members Of the family.
The New York Times says that
the delnded persons who have beer
, led to believe that a fortune of SIS
Coo 600 awaits in England thu
+. pleasure of the Sands family in this
country may he interested in a
letter sent by Mr.. Henry White
Secretary of the United States lie
f CATION ii London, to Mrs. Saral
NJ. Caswell, of Aurora, H.. one 0
. the "hcirs," who had taken thu
, precaution to ask him for informa
I ton. Secretary White says: -"
q beg to inform you that there is NJ
: such estate as the one you mention
, Vast numbers of people in our coun
, try are deceived and dcfrauded b,
designing persons, who represen
that great estates are awaiting Amer
. lean claimants here. whereas Their
. are none such. Que of these raS
Gals has recently been sentenced t.
! five years penal servitude for rob
t bling Americans in this way" This
the Times adds. should be conclnsiv
as to the existence of the great Sand
d or Sandys estate in England.
n does not, however. prove that Their
It is no such estate in the moon, bu
e the "heirs" will not care to retail
lawyers for the prosecution of claim
10 that luminary.
: , The Louisiana edition of the Ney
Orleans Tines Democrat, to b
issued on the first of August, will b
one of the most interesting aud valu
~ able numbers of that sterling joul
e nal. 1t will set forth the resource
and developments of Louisiana, an
considerable space will be devote
: to descriptions of it's growing an
!, prospesous towns. The Time
Democrats Alabama, Mississippi an